Job overview

Maternity Outpatients Nurse

Band 5

16 hours (Wed and Thursday, set days) 

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a band 5 nurse to deliver our maternity vaccination programme and support smooth flow of patients using the outpatient’s service within our CQC Outstanding maternity service.  

You will join a diverse multi professional team that take pride in team work and delivering truly individualised compassionate care. You will be responsible for delivering the maternal vaccination programme of Flu, Pertussis and RSV vaccines to pregnant women and ensuring all aspects of care relating to the administration, ordering and recording of vaccinations is undertaken. When not vaccinating, the job role will take on pre-assessment, phlebotomy, updating blood results and supporting consultant clinics. 

You must hold NMC nurse registration. You will be expected to be able to show evidence of current practice/updating. 

As elements of the vaccination programme will be provided at our maternity hubs, you should be car driver with access to your own transport.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team delivering a flexible, safe, and effective vaccination and support services for pregnant women and service users at Royal Surrey Hospital.

The post holder will have overall responsibility for delivery of maternal vaccinations at Royal Surrey and surrounding community hubs. They will ensure efficient and effective administration of the maternal Flu, Pertussis and RSV vaccination programmes. They will work closely with the Maternity Vaccination Fail Safe Officer to maintain oversight of vaccination appointments, ordering of and ensuring adequate stock levels of vaccines available, complete GP reporting for administered vaccines and monthly returns for vaccinations given.

They will be responsible for ensuring all those eligible for the vaccination programme are offered the relevant vaccine and support maternity staff to increase awareness of healthy pregnancy choices to maternity service users. They will deliver daily vaccination clinics to ensure coverage, capacity and timeliness of vaccination. Clinics will be run on both the main Royal Surrey site and in community hubs. They will ensure all documentation with regards to vaccinations performed by themselves or others is accurate and support the vaccination failsafe officer to complete all GP and external provider reporting.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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